# Beginning Max (due Jan.28)

1. download and install Max = <https://cycling74.com/downloads>
   * you will need Max all semester, but you can begin with the 30 day trial ... then choose if you want [**to pay** ](https://cycling74.com/shop)per month ($10/month) or annually ($60 for students) or for a permanent license ($250 once for students = best to buy now when you are a student!).
2. check out the many resources that help you learn Max = <https://cycling74.com/get-started>
   * my favorite short series is "Did You Know? (2.0)" = <https://cycling74.com/tutorials/video-series-did-you-know-series-2>
   * my favorite intro to Max is = <http://darwingrosse.com/20Objects/>

## Homework (due Jan.28 at 8pm)

* Watch [An Interview with Sarah Belle Reid](https://cycling74.com/articles/an-interview-with-sarah-belle-reid)
* Watch and follow the score to Elainie Lillios' composition Veiled Resonance. Part 1 of 3
  * [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc9O7cpm1Xc)
  * [score](https://baylor.box.com/shared/static/mv11fqswj5s2qgg5ph43mb58trzkl7nd.pdf)
* Listen to and follow the score (download) to Steven Snowden's Shovelhead
  * [embedded audio and downloadable perusal score](https://www.stevensnowden.com/portfolio/shovelhead-2/)
* in Max:
  * start by finding the "MSP Sampling Tutorial 1: Recording and Playback" by going to Help > Reference ... then looking for MSP tutorials
    * that tutorial will paraphrase much of what I have already taught you - and more!
    * also check out "MSP Sampling Tutorial 3: Playback with Loops" which will explain the groove\~ object
  * prove that you can use the following objects ***and*** show you can save what you've recorded into a buffer\~ (using the "write" message)
    * play\~
    * record\~
    * buffer\~
    * groove\~
  * remember, I uploaded the patch we worked on during class to Box =&#x20;
    * <https://baylor.box.com/s/iww2xi7c6fytfigfeq65mu8j8w6ca6ml>

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